Centre is Key Academic Partner to Prince William Award2nd March 2017Centre NewsAwards

The Jubilee Centre is delighted to be the key academic partner for a ground-breaking new award programme launched by HRH the Duke of Cambridge on 1st March 2017. The Prince William Award, which is run by SkillForce, will help 6 to 14 year old school children build character, confidence and resilience to help them flourish.

The Jubilee Centre’s Professor James Arthur and Dr. Tom Harrison joined the Prince at the launch of the award at Llanfoist Fawr Primary School in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Prof. Arthur was able to discuss the award with the Prince, who talked about his interest in character education, and specifically the work of the Jubilee Centre. The Prince then thanked the Jubilee Centre in his speech to launch the award (see video below and the full speech here).

The award is open to all children and young people, including those at risk of social exclusion, and combines practical and reflective learning through classroom-based and outdoor activities to develop character, resilience, compassion, courage, teamwork and problem solving skills. In addition to team tasks and practical challenges, pupils and students will also receive feedback from instructors that encourage them to reflect on their actions and experiences.

The development of the award was shaped by research conducted by the Jubilee Centre in 2015, which assessed the evidence for a national award programme to help young people, particularly primary school-age children, to explore their own values and guiding principles.

For more information about the Prince William Award, you can watch the videos below, or go to this page.

The launch of the award generated widespread media interest including: